Knife adapted for multiple uses and comprising alpha monkey wrench



June 30, 1931. J. A. SOUSTRE 1,311,932

KNIFE ADAPTED FOR MULTIPLE USES AND' COMPRISING A MONKEY WRENCH FiledJune 6, 1928 l/vverv Ta IQ WWW eecvzk Patented June 30, 1931 UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE JEAN ALBERT SOUSTRE, OF CENDRIEUX, FRANCE KNIFEADAPTED FOR MULTIPLE USES AND COMPRISING A MONKEY- WRENCH Applicationfiled June 6, 1928, Serial No. 283,285, and in France December 13, 1927.

it may be readily carried in the pocket.

For this purpose the middle partition of the knife is made in a singlepiece of cast or wrought steel, and the head of the said wrench isdisposed at one end. In this manner not only the middle partition butalso the whole knife forms the handle of the monkey wrench and does notcause an increase of the thickness of the knife.

The appended drawings show by way of example an embodiment of theinvention.

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the knife.

Fig. 2 is the corresponding side View.

The said knife is constructed in the known manner bv two outer plates 1and a middle plate 2 which are connected together by rivets 3-4-56 withthe interposition of the spacing members 7. r

The rivet 3 also serves as the pivot axle for a knife blade 8 and ascrewdriver 9, for instance, and the rivet 4 serves as an axle for acork-screw 10 and a punch 11. The middle plate 2, consisting of cast orwrought steel, is formed in one with the main body of a monkey wrench 12which is operated by making use of the knife handle. In order that theplate of the monkey wrench presents the maximum of solidity the shoulder13 of the monkey wrench will be preferably caused to bear against thespacing members 7 and will be suitably cut out for this purpose. Thesaid device thus forms a very portable outfit which will be of greatservice to users of bicycles, motorcycles, automobiles, or to otherpersons, who are thus provided,'witl1- out opening a tool bag or box,with the principal tools for making small repairs.

Neither the size nor the weight of the knife are appreciably increased,and it can be readily carried in the pocket.

Obviously. the invention is not limited to the aforesaid form ofconstruction which is given by way of example, and in particular, thenumber and character of the tools disposed in the knife may be asdesired.

Claim JEAN ALBERT SOUSTRE.

